Quiet Next to You

Everybody knows the smile I wear Everybody thinks I'm made of air Laugh too loud, keep the room alive No one sees what I leave behind Morning finds me where the tall grass sways Sunlight dancing through the leaves again For a little while I don't pretend I remember who I've always been You never asked me to be less Never tried to fix what's left You just stayed... I can finally breathe With the wind beneath the trees Lay your hand inside of mine Leave the heavy world behind If tomorrow never knows We'll chase the light wherever it goes For the first time I believe I don't have to be anybody... but me Lanterns glowing in the evening rain Every little light still knows my name Funny how the quiet speaks so loud When you're the only one around Sunrise paints the fields in gold Warms the places that were growing cold You looked past everything I'd hide Found the peace I kept inside Take the noise... Let it fall... Leave the mask... Leave it all... If home's a place... Then home is you... I can finally breathe Feel the grass beneath my feet Every scar can stay with me They don't own what's underneath When the morning fills the sky I don't have to run and hide For the first time I believe I don't have to be anybody... But me.